This Saturday evening begins the holiday of Simchat Torah, שִׂמְחַת תּוֹרָה, “the joy of the Torah.” On Simchat Torah, we read the final words of Deuteronomy and immediately begin again with Genesis, Bereshit. There is no pause between ending and beginning. The cycle...
Only five days after Yom Kippur, we enter Sukkot, one of the three pilgrimage holidays. Sukkot is the harvest festival and recalls our ancestors’ journey through the wilderness. Rosh Hashanah asks us to awaken.Yom Kippur asks us to return.Sukkot asks us to...
Shabbat Shalom, Shana Tova U’Metuka to All 🔯🙏💐שבת שלום ושנה טובה ומתוקה 🍎🍯❤️ On the eve of Rosh Hashanah, September 9, 2018, Asaf and I released our song “13th Sphere.” In 1999 I had a dream. I was walking at night on a hill facing the Wailing Wall. The night was...
What a beautiful gift arrived in the mail today from far across the sea: a thoughtful collection of poetry from my dear friend Jasper Kesteloo, an aviation psychologist from the Netherlands. Jasper’s poems reflect on love, faith, spirit, and the deeper ties that...